They got merged with a german battlegroup, and became slightly more competitive. I think vindication is worse now.

While there might be very little competition in the high end of these BGs, the amount of teams on them are very few so you'll end up with very long queues and be queued up against other battlegroups in the end anyway.

Nothing worth having comes easy. That's why hard content is worth doing, and easy content is a waste of time.

How do battlegroups affect random BG assignments? I thought the matching was EU wide?

I am in EU Emberstorm and when we were strictly matched by battlegroup (quite a long time ago, before MoP), it was painful. It tended to work out that one sign was often predominantly German PvP servers; the others English RP or lightly populated ones. (I guess they liked to have similar language servers on each side). The German PvP server players tended to steam roller the opposition. Those kind of match ups are much less common now, so I am not sure how much the battlegroup matters anymore.

How do battlegroups affect random BG assignments? I thought the matching was EU wide?

I am in EU Emberstorm and when we were strictly matched by battlegroup (quite a long time ago, before MoP), it was painful. It tended to work out that one sign was often predominantly German PvP servers; the others English RP or lightly populated ones. (I guess they liked to have similar language servers on each side). The German PvP server players tended to steam roller the opposition. Those kind of match ups are much less common now, so I am not sure how much the battlegroup matters anymore.

i mean for arena, i know random bg is EU wide. Apparently Emberstorm is just so easy to get 2.2+ (glad on emberstorm)

Originally Posted by Makamoka

You not gamer, you go play your boring "Real life" with crappy graphics'n stuff! You cant even do Quests, dungeons and BGs in "IRL" :s